1) The financially stretched state governments stare at a massive expenditure for the Covid vaccination drive as the second wave of the pandemic sweeps the country, claiming the lives and livelihoods of millions. The raging pandemic has left in its wake a severe shortage of vaccines, medicines and oxygen.

2) Discuss how the pandemic has disrupted India’s education system and widened the existing digital divide. What are different strategies for rural and government schools vis-a-vis the better equipped urban and private schools?